Thursday, May 28, 2015

Foil Saggar Piece

The idea I had for the Foil Saggar piece was to make a bowl, but cut out the top to make it look like fire. When I tried carving out the top like this, it didn't shape like I wanted and just looked like the bowl had a jagged rim. I still wanted to incorporate fire so I carved the shape I wanted into the side of the bowl.

When the piece was fired, it added an interesting and random pattern of dark and light areas. I didn't really like how the project turned out, but that was because I didn't really like the clay piece I used to start with. If I did this project again, I would make a larger piece with less details in it so the foil saggar effects would be more pronounced.

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